Is LinkedIn Enough?

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April 28, 2017

LinkedIn is the best professional network and
basic membership is FREE.

Access has been blocked in Russia since

November 2016, so I have not viewed

updates, nor messages since then.

You should have your cv (resume) on LinkedIn
to confirm your credibility and to hopefully make
useful contacts.

If your day job is very different from IM, I would
only detail your day job on the site, rather than
confuse readers.

Keep your IM details for your site.

As much detail as possible should be on your
profile. The only problem is the basic profile
is quite narrow, leaving a long scroll to the end.

When somebody connects with you,

send them a brief note and a

connection to a piece of your work,
or somebody else’s that you recommend.

You will be remembered for having done this.

(I send them links to my IFRS books.)

Publications
Not only academics need to have publications,
so should consultants and a range of other
professions. They give you a competitive edge
in employment and winning contracts.

You are the expert. Your publications show this.

The publications can be presentations

you have made,text, slides and/or video.

I think you can publish them
in a file, on LinkedIn. If not, you can provide a link.

If you have not published anything,

go to your school and university files

and publish some of that work,
subject to updates and copyright restrictions.

My day-job students produce

some excellent work for tests, exams and

dissertations/theses. I have
edited and published 4 books of their essays,
which would otherwise be buried in the archives.